Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 1st March 2004 the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: Level of Penalty: Revised Code of Practice. This code of practice is a revision of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: Level of Penalty: Code of Practice, issued pursuant to section 32A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), as inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, specifying matters to be considered in determining the amount of a penalty under section 32 of the 1999 Act (penalty for carrying clandestine entrants). The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: Level of Penalty: Revised Code of Practice inserts references to the additional control zones outside the United Kingdom prescribed by the Carriers' Liability (Amendment) Regulations 2004 for the purposes of section 32(10) of the 1999 Act.